Livestock supplement delivery system

Abstract

A livestock supplement delivery system that is completely portable and is easily attachable and / or useable with any type of support surface of user choice, such as a fence post or the like. The system includes different embodiments but each embodiment provides the unusual results of protecting any exposed edges that would allow an animal to easily bite off a large chunk thereof. Thus, the animal can only ingest the supplement via licking rather than biting and results in controlled more regulated consumption.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] This invention relates in general to devices and / or systems used for providing livestock with essential nutrients in a controlled, systematic and regulated manner. However, the invention more particularly pertains to a holder for the nutrients that allows the animal to lick the substance therein but the holder protects the exposed edges thereof so as to reduce the chances of the animal taking a large chunk off in one bite. Also, the holder is completely portable and removably attachable onto any type of typical fence post of user choice. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] Within the known prior art, there have been numerous attempts to develop a suitable system for delivering supplements to livestock in a controlled manner. Unfortunately until now, such a system has not heretofore been provided, as within all of the known prior art there are inherent disadvantages and drawbacks that the present invention recognizes, addresses, and resolves in a new and ...

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Benefits of technology

[0007] Also, most typical containers used for feeding supplements are inconvenient to use and until now there has not been a universal support bracket that allows the container to be supported off of the ground surface in a secure, stable manner, such as taught by the present invention. Furthermore a very important advantage of the present invention is that it is very safe to use unlike the associated prior art. For example, typical containers available today include a plastic type rim thereon, this is very dangerous as the animal can easily chew on the rim and even choke due to ingesting pieces of the plastic from the container. These problems are inherent drawbacks associated with most of the related prior art and the present invention, recognizes, addresses, and resolves these problems in a new and improved manner that heretofore has not been incorporated.

[0008] It is therefore a primary object of the present invention to provide a livestock supplement delivery system that includes a universal bracket for supporting a unique holder thereon and is used for containment of supplements and / or feeds that are in the form of a block, respectively. Whereby, due to the structure and shape of the holder, any exposed edges of the block supplement are protected and an animal cannot easily bite off a chunk thereof, or bite the edge of the container. This is most important as most block supplements are intended to be ingested via licking rather than biting, as the latter allows the animal to over indulge themselves and this in turn may cause numerous health problems.

[0009] Another object of the present invention is to provide a livestock supplement delivery system that is of very simple construction, eliminates parts associated with the known prior art, and is economical to produce and sell. Also, the mounting bracket is constructed so as to be universal and removably attachable onto any type of typical fencing, such as round posts, square posts, stakes, wooden posts, or any upright structure such as a wall or onto the outside of a livestock trailer, etc.

[0010] Yet another important object of the present invention is to provide a livestock supplement delivery system that is most useful with any standard type block supplement such as a salt or molasses. However, the system is also usable with any other types of supplement that may be of a shape other than squared, such as circular, oblong, rectangular, etc, and / or other types of feed stuffs such as grain, cubes, pellets, etc.

[0011] Still a further object of the present invention is to provide a livestock supplement delivery system that can be made from any suitable material of engineering choice, such as wood, plastic, metal, or the like.

[0012] Another object of the present invention is to provide a livestock supplement delivery system that is completely portable and does not require any specialized tools and / or skills for installation.

Problems solved by technology

This is most important as most block supplements are intended to be ingested via licking rather than biting, as the latter allows the animal to over indulge themselves and this in turn may cause numerous health problems.

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